IOWA FAMILIES - 2021
DON DIEKEN Lyon County, February 2021
Don Dieken’s machine sheds in Little Rock feature several dozen tractors from different manufacturers in various shades of green, red and even some orange. He started collecting more than 50 years ago. His oldest tractor is a 1934 John Deere “fourbolt” B, which was introduced in the depths of the Great Depression as a two-thirds scale model of the John Deere A. He likes all colors of tractors. “I started collecting with John Deere’s and then started tractor-pulling with Oliver’s. Meanwhile, I bought some Internationals, too.” His growing car collection includes a 1971 Ford Mustang Mach 1, 1978 Pontiac Trans Am and 2000 Plymouth Prowler. Don started farming his father’s farmland in 1981 after working at the local grain elevator. He continued farming until age 79. He still owns the farmland.
Don Dieken.
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The Farming Families Magazine | www.agemedia.pub | December 2021
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